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A. J. UPHAM.

BARBBDIWIRE. No. 305,356. Patented Sept. 16, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I ANDREW J. UPHAM, OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WASHBURN &MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ISAAC L.ELLWOOD, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS. I

BARBED WIR'E.

S ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,356, datedSeptember 16, 1884-.

Application filed October 28, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and the two loops 0 c. It is attached to theBe it known that I, ANDREW J. UPHAM, of wire strands A A A by insertingeach loop 0 c the town of Sycamore and county of De Kalb, between two ofsaid strands and allowing the 0 in the State of Illinois, have inventedcertain middle strand, A, to pass between the two 5 new and usefulImprovements in Barbed Wire; loops and rest for support upon the base ofand I do hereby declare that the following is the U part, leaving thetwo ends of the barb afull, clear, and exact description of the same, Bprojecting out in opposite directions, as I reference being had to theaccompanying draw-' clearly shown in the drawings. After the barb 5ings, forming a part of this specification, in B has been attached tothe strands A A A m whichin the manner above described,the said strandsFigure 1 represents a section of my improved are twisted or cabledtightly together, securbarbed wire complete; and Fig. 2 represents ingthe barb B firmly to the fence-wires. a cross-section taken on line a b,Fig. 1, looking Having described my improvements in 0 in the directionof the arrow, same figure. barbed wire, what I claim therein as new andr 5 To enable those skilled in the art to which of my invention, anddesire to secure by Letmy invention belongs to make and use the tersPatent, issame, I will proceed to describe it more in de- In a barbedfence-wire, the combination, tail. with three strands of wire, of a wirebarb, B, 45

Ihe nature of my invention consists in the bent into a U shape at itsmiddle point, and 20 combination, with three strands of fence-wire,having the loops 0 0, each loop being embraced of a wire barb of apeculiar shape, as will be between two of said strands, and the latterbehereinafter fully described. ing tightly twisted, substantially asshown and In the drawings, the parts marked A A A described, and for thepurposes set forth. represent three strands of fence-wire, the part IANDREW J. UPHAM. 25 B a wire barb. The wire barb B is first bent intoWitnesses:

the form clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the draw- W. J. MAIDEN, ings, havinga U shape at its middle point, C, ,Gno. R. CUTLER.

